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The Oregon Health Authority began inspecting medical marijuana dispensaries in May. So far, the agency's three inspectors have made visits to 58 establishments statewide. In response to a request from The Oregonian, the state on Thursday released inspection reports from those visits.
(Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian)

The Oregon Health Authority on Thursday released medical marijuana dispensary inspection reports in response to a public records request from The Oregonian.

The Oregon Legislature last year passed a law directing the health authority to create a registry of medical marijuana facilities and draft rules to govern the way they operate.

Since March, the state has licensed 158 establishments, 71 of them in Multnomah County. The state has issued another 49 provisional licenses.

Inspections began May 22; so far, 58 establishments have been inspected.

The state has 3 full-time inspectors responsible for making unannounced visits to establishments annually.

Inspectors checked on a range of dispensary operations, including security, lab testing of marijuana, record keeping and product labeling. Deficiencies were noted in written reports that were issued to each establishment. Dispensary operators were told to submit a "plan of correction" to the state within 10 days. Failure to correct problems could result in fines of up to $500 a day or license revocation.

Inspectors found violations so egregious at two establishments that both were shut down. Karynn Fish, a spokeswoman for the state's medical marijuana dispensary program, said one of the establishments remains closed; the state has reinstated the license for the second dispensary, Kush MMD in Eugene.